AP English III Unit 5

Big Idea:

Students will be able analyze poetry and passages from the AP exam.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

SC3 The course requires students to write in informal contexts (e.g., imitation exercises, journal keeping, collaborative writing, and in-class responses) designed to help them become increasingly aware of themselves as writers and/or aware of the techniques employed by the writers they read.

SC7 The course requires nonfiction readings (e.g., essays, journalism, political writing, science writing, nature writing, autobiographies/biographies, diaries, history, criticism) that are selected to give students opportunities to explain an author’s use of rhetorical strategies or techniques. If fiction and poetry are also assigned, their main purpose should be to help students understand how various effects are achieved by writers’ linguistic and rhetorical choices.

Ongoing TEKS

SC15 The AP teacher provides instruction and feedback on students’ writing assignments both before and after they revise their work that help the students develop a balance of generalization and specific, illustrative detail

Learning Targets:

• Understand how various effects are achieved by writers’ linguistic and rhetorical choices in poetry and AP passages.
• Become aware of the techniques employed by writers.
• Analyze the rhetoric used in the selected poetry and passages.

Essential Questions:

• What kinds of passages and questions will be on the AP MC Exam?
• How can I figure out the correct answer?
• How do my skills measure up to expectations on the AP MC Exam?

Extra Information:

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